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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to All   
   Re: Local Versus Global Command Options   
   22 Feb 25 03:09:31   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:45:05 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > It is possible to start a process without CLI (sys$creprc or run process   
   > - with an image that is not loginout.exe).   
   >   
   > In that case I don't think there are a concept of arguments.   
   > I don't see a way to pass arguments. Arguments are something CLI provide   
   > to image, so no CLI means no arguments.   
      
   Mr Berryman, further up this thread, was so insistent that I was talking   
   through my hat. Remember he said:   
      
   ] Wrong again. There are a number of ways to invoke a program without   
   ] going through DCL.   
      
   and furthermore   
      
   ] You apparently know as little about VMS as you do programming in   
   ] general.   
      
   as well as   
      
   ] Everyone else: Yes, I've once again been forced to face the fact   
   ] that you can't fix stupid.   
      
   He couldn’t have made a mistake, could he?   
      
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